Mineral vapor generating cabinet



May 16, 1950 p, c 2,507,815

MINERAL VAPOR GENERATING CABINET Filed March 31, 1948 INVENTOR.

FERN D. RICE ATTORNEY Patented May 16, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1 Claim.

My invention relates to mineral vapor generating. cabinets and is particularly adapted to surround a person seated Within the cabinet with mineral vapor fumes.

In introducing minerals into the pores of a person receiving minera1 treatments, the various amounts of different kinds of minerals to be vaporized have not easily been accomplished.

In my invention I have so arranged the vapor producing elements that measured amounts of each type of mineral used can be easily and accurately vaporized.

In my new and improved mineral vapor generating cabinet I provide a pair of vaporizing units for generating vapors. These units are heated from a controlled. heat unit and deliver their vapors into a vapor mixing chamber. The vapor mixing chamber. delivers the mixed vapors into. the interior of a cabinet through special vapor distributing nozzles. One of the pair of generating vapor elements generates pure Water vapor while the other generating vapor element generates water vapor, which picks up the mineral vapors contained within the generator carrying the same into the vapor mixing chamber from where the vapors are thoroughly mixed before delivery through the nozzles into the cabinet proper.

The entry into my new and improved vapor cabinet is such that easy access and exit to and from the cabinet is provided for the occupant.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a mineral vapor generating unit where the quantities of minerals to be vaporized can be controlled accurately and scientifically intermingled together.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mixing chamber for thoroughly mixing the mineral vapors before injecting them into the cabinet.

A still further object of my invention is to inject the said fumes from the mixing chamber into the cabinet through special nozzles. The object of which is to enter them into the cabinet at the right point and at the same time protect the occupant from direct contact with the fumes from the said nozzles.

These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawings, specification and claim.

I consider the novel feature of my invention in the structure of my vapor generating unit wherein the minerals can be vaporized in predetermined proportions with the water vapors and the thorough mixing of same in mixing chamber and delivering the mixed vapors into Figure 3 is a sectional side view of the cabinettaken on line 3-45 of Figure 4, but illustrating the fullheight of the cabinet.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3, illustrating the vapor generating unit.

Figure 5 is a plan sectional View of the mineral vaporizing unit taken on line- .'i--5 of Figure 4'.

Figure 6 is a sectional view: taken on line li -fl of Figure 4 through the mineral vapor generating chamber.

Referring more specifically to the drawings My new and improved mineral vapor generating cabinet consists of a cabinet I, having side walls 2 and 3 joined together by the wall 4, which provides a back for the cabinet. The Walls 2, 3 and 4 are joined together at their lower ends by the bottom 5. A partial top 6 joins their upper ends together, said top being cut away at 1 providing space for the occupants neck and head to protrude through.

The side walls are sloped rearwardly from the point 8 to the point 9, and from the point 8 downwardly the front of the cabinet is closed by the door In hinged to the side wall 2 at I I, while the front of the cabinet from the point 8 to the point 9 is closed by the door l2 which is hingedly connected to the door II] by the hinge I3.

In Figure 1, I illustrate how the same appears when closed having an occupant within the cabinet, while in Figure 2 the cabinet is illustrated not being occupied and having the doors open providing access to the same.

A vapor generating unit is housed within the chamber l4 under the occupants seat I5. The chamber I4 has a front wall closure l6 within the cabinet and access is had to this chamber by the door I! on the rear of the cabinet. The vapor generating unit consists of a pair of individual vapor developing units I8 and [9. These units consist of liquid containing tanks 20 and 2|, which rest upon the standard electrical heating unit 22.

The heatin unit has hot plates 23 and 24 upon which the said vapor developing units rest. The liquid containing tanks have hoods 25 mounted thereon and having vapor delivery pipes 3 26 secured to their upper ends at 21, said pipes being connected to the pipe 28 at 29 at their opposite ends, the pipe 28 being connected to the vapor mixing chamber 30, best illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.

A pair of vapor delivery nozzles 3| are connected to the vapor mixing chamber 30 at their one end, having their opposite end extending through the wall l6 of the cabinet seat, best illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. I have found that best results are obtained by surrounding the discharge ends 32 of the nozzles with a porous material 33 through which the vapors are discharged into the interior of the cabinet. This porous material reduces the velocity of the vapors as they enter the cabinet preventing injury to the occupant and provides for better circulation of the vapors. As the vapors enter into the mixing chamber 30, and as some of the vapors may be condensed, these condensed vapors may be drained off through the drain valve 34-.

Located within the unit 19 is a mineral holding drawer 35, which is divided into compartments 36. The object of the compartments in the drawer are to hold and space apart from one another the various minerals to be vaporized. Access can be had to the interior of the units through the doors 3'! when necessary to reach the interior of the said units.

In the operation of my new and improved mineral vapor generating unit the heating element 22 is turned on at a high heat for a short period until the fluid reaches a vaporizing point and the cabinet becomes warm enough for the occupant to enter, when it is then set at a low point where it remains during the entire operation. The heated vapors pass around the mineral containing drawer 35 and over the minerals picking up the fumes carrying them into the mixing chamber 30 where they become I thoroughly mixed with vapor from the tank 20 before delivery into the cabinet through the nozzles, therefore reducing the temperature somewhat before reaching the interior of the cabinet.

What is claimed as new is:

A vapor bath cabinet enclosing all but the head of a patient, comprising a closed compartment formed within the cabinet, the top of the compartment forming a seat for a patient, a heater in the bottom of the compartment, a water tank located on the heater, a combined water and mineral tank located on the heater adjacent to but separated from the water tank, a water container formed in the bottom of the combined water and mineral tank below a slidable mineral receiving drawer in said tank, a vapor mixing chamber located in the closed compartment, a section of pipe communicating with the vapor mixing chamber, branch pipes leading from the water and water and material tanks and connected to the section of pipe, vapor nozzles at the ends of the mixing chamber, said nozzles extending through one of the walls of the campartment and into the cabinet below the level of the top of the compartment, the end of each nozzle having a filter attached thereto.

FERN D. RICE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 687,181 Dilthey Nov. 19, 1901 1,143,822 Giedinghagen June 22, 1915 1,262,638 Class Apr. 16, 1918 2,156,361 Stout May 2, 1939 

